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What book are you reading atm??

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    #242
    InTheTrees
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    Reamde by Neal Stephenson.


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    #243
    MagicMarker
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    Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder.


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    #244
    Sofaspud
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    Paranormality: Why we see what isn't there by Professor Richard Wiseman.


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    #245
    Logical Fallacy
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    Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks.

    Kind of killing time until the English translation of 1Q84 lands.


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    #246
    Eve_Dublin
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    The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch.


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    #247
    Offalygal1
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    Nama Mia by Ross o Carroll Kelly. I need some light entertainment:D


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    #248
    oldyouth
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    The Burning Soul by John Connolly. Ordered it weeks ago from the Book Depository and it arrived yesterday. I think it is faulty though, tried to start it last night but the words kept moving up and down. Don't know what was causing it :D


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    #249
    Mickeroo
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    Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin. Interesting stuff!!


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    #250
    take everything
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    Mozipedia: The encyclopedia of Morrissey and The Smiths. Morrissey is even more contrary and prickly than i imagined.
    Also just started Bedside Stories: Confessions of a Junior Doctor. Should be a few laughs.


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    #251
    Mars Bar
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    Beneath the Bleeding - Val McDermid


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    #252
    Colonel Panic
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    Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut. It's pretty amusing so far.


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    #253
    Duck's hoop
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    Logical Fallacy wrote: »
    Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks.


    The Culture! That takes me back about 20 years...

    Great read, prefer plain Iain Banks though. Walking on Glass was superb.

    I'm 'revisiting' Blood Meridian (Or the evening redness in the west), Cormac McCarthy. Powerful stuff.


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    #254
    holystungun9
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    Shakey, the biography of Neil Young.


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    #255
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
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    Game of Thrones by George R.R Martin and The History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell. Enjoying them both.

    I'd say pretty much anyone would enjoy Game Of Thrones, not the sort of thing I'd usually read tbh though I have read bits and pieces of his short fiction before, but it's really good. Enjoyable and easy to read without being totally brain-killing, though for someone who writes a lot of sex-scenes (or at least just-before and just-after-sex-scenes) he's not great at them but then again who is.


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    #256
    af_thefragile
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    Hero with a Thousand Faces


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    #257
    [Deleted User]
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    The Confession - John Grisham


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    #258
    carfiosaoorl
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    Just finished "Goodnight Mr. Tom" and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" need a good book to start now.


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    #259
    Logical Fallacy
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    Duck's hoop wrote: »
    The Culture! That takes me back about 20 years...

    Yeah, i have everything Banks ever did under both names if i am honest. I like going back and reading them time and again...the guy is in a class of his own.


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    #260
    Lady Chatterton
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    "The House at Riverton" by Kate Morton.


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    #261
    ciarriaithuaidh
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    Reading this at the mo. Thought I knew as much as I'd want to about WWII until I read this...great insight into the mind of the the Allied leaders.


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    #262
    Zebra3
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    My Struggle by Noble Wolf.


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    #263
    CorsetIsTight
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    I usually have 2 or 4 books on the go at any one time. At the moment it's:

    Bad Science by Dr. Ben Goldacre.
    Highly recommended. This is a re-read, and I wish I could make it compulsory reading. He completely eviscerates charlatans who make a mockery of science.

    The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow.
    So far so good - I've only just started it.

    Mort - Terry Pratchett.
    I'm almost always in the middle of some Discworld book.

    I'm also reading (and enjoying) something that's so trashy I'm too ashamed to name it :o


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    #264
    weldoninhio
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    Don't have anything on the go at the moment, but over the past month i've read


    The Ice Man by Philip Carlo : Amazing true story of Robert Kuklinski.

    McMafia by Misha Glenny : Very interesting read about crime around the world

    Blackwater by Jeremy Scahill : Chilling look at Americas private army.

    Blue Blood by Edward Conlon: Very good book on the NYPD by a beat cop.

    and

    Sniper One : Brilliant book.


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    #265
    Naomi00
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    Re-reading 'Loser Takes All' by Graham Greene.


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    #266
    Siuin
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    "The Invention of the Jewish People" Shlomo Sands
    Some very interesting insights


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    #267
    Deus Ex Machina
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    Tinkers by Paul Harding.

    And I'm drinking Redbreast 15 year old.

    Things could be worse.


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    Toby Take a Bow
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    Siuin wrote: »
    "The Invention of the Jewish People" Shlomo Sands
    Some very interesting insights

    Have been meaning to read this since it came out. Worth buying?

    I'm reading Ender's Game at the moment. Very different from what I thought it would be (well, not very different, but didn't think it would be mainly about a kid).


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    #269
    DoneDL
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    Just finished Cannery Row, great book and well worth a read


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    #270
    Laura_lolly87
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    I'm reading Pride and Prejudice, have to read it for my college course. The language was a bit hard to get used to but enjoying it now.


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    Laika1986
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    Reading Shantaram at the moment, quarter of the way through 750 pages to go!


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